Kentucky Genealogical Society Hosts 27th Annual Conference at the Kentucky History Center on August 3-4, 2001. ��Five workshops will be conducted on Friday, August 3, 2001. There are two morning sessions from 9:00 to 11:30 am. "Using tax lists to research Kentucky Land patents", lead by Kandi Adkinson, Supervisor of Land Office Division, Secretary of State Office. "Cemetery and tombstone care and maintenance", will be presented by Karla Nicholson, Kentucky Historical Society. The three afternoon sessions will be conducted from 1:00 to 3:30 pm. Jim Prichard, Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives (KDLA) will present "Hidden Sources at the KDLA". This one session has two presentations of 60-minutes each. "Burned County Courthouses" by Eloise Caroland, and "Using DNA to determining probable ancestry" presented by Sharon Withers, UK Core/Special Hematology Laboratory. The fifth session will be presented at the Governor's Office of Technology Training Center using Family Tree Maker software, conducted by Jim Carigan, Computer Science faculty member at KSU. All these session will cost $5 per person. ��On Saturday, August 4, 2001, our 27th Annual KGS Seminar will be held. Dr. Kenneth C. Carstens, Ph.D. will speak on "George Rogers Clark and the American Revolution; membership of the Illinois Battalion; History of Clark's Fort Jeffersonville and his civilian community of Clarksville, to include the historical and archaeological significance of the site". The afternoon session is Ron Bryant, Kentucky History Society Research Library, who will speak on the "Genealogist as a detective. How to gather family information from photographs, documents and other family possessions. Putting flesh on the family skeleton writing a family history. The one-day seminar, which includes a box lunch, is $25 per person. ��You may attend any session on Friday or just the Saturday Seminar. ��For further information or brochure check out website -- http://members.aol.com/cwontheweb/kgs/AnnSemWelc.htm email -- KGS2001SEMINAR@aol.com, or telephone -- 502 223-7541 (Frankfort). �� >>